A State-of-the-Art Review on Soil-Structure Interaction

Abstract

This paper provides an insight and the role of the dynamics soil structure interaction analysis depending upon the past studies. As a result of population boom and scarcity of land, buildings are constructed very close to each other. This is the major issue especially in the case of developing country where housing colonies are developing in the big cities as well as in the countryside, making the study of soil-structure interaction as an essential part of structural design process. The effect of soil, on which the structures stands, especially in the highly seismic zones, the dynamic behaviour of soil as well structure should be well known by the designer. The effects of structures standing in a close vicinity to each other is the main issue of soil-structure interactions as well as structure-soil-structure interactions. In this paper, various methods of soil-structure interactions carried out by various researchers in various region are reviewed.